Transcript, E&OE Topics: Rise in domestic tourism; Business events grants program; Taliban prisoner transfer; China-Australia relationship; state border closures. 11 September 2020 Simon Birmingham: Thanks very much for coming along today. Firstly, a little glimmer of good news in what is a horrific year for our tourism industry. We have seen from June data around domestic…
Transcript, E&OE Topics: Tourism figures for June; Border closures; Exemption to cross border on compassionate grounds; Business events grants program. 11 September 2020 Tom Connell: The number of domestic tourists doubled in June before the second COVID-19 wave struck. Figures show the number of people traveling within Australia jumped from 3 million to 5.7 million; Australians…
Transcript, E&OE Topics: Impact of state and territory border closures and ADF support to control borders. 03 September 2020 Patricia Karvelas: Well, Trade and Tourism Minister Simon Birmingham is my guest this afternoon. Minister, welcome. Simon Birmingham: Hello Patricia. Good to be with you. Patricia Karvelas: According to Tourism Research Australia, the industry is on track to…
Transcript, E&OE Topics: Tourism and border restrictions, Australia-China relations. 03 September 2020 Kieran Gilbert: Joining me now is the Minister for Trade and Tourism Simon Birmingham. The PM making a big focus to wrap up Parliament this week on the borders and wanting the states to come to the table. How much is the…
Transcript, E&OE Topics: Minister for Aged Care Richard Colbeck, state and territory border restrictions and Australian citizen detained in China. 03 September 2020 Deborah Knight: But I tell you what, Simon Birmingham, he’s got a tough gig at the moment. Our Trade Minister dealing with the tensions between Australia and China and that very…
Transcript, E&OE Topics: West Australia’s hard border; Impact of border closures on tourism businesses; Definition of hotspots. 03 September 2020 Russell Woolf: Federal Tourism Minister, Simon Birmingham, says: inconsistent and disproportionate approaches to border restrictions are causing job losses and could cost the tourism industry up to $33 billion this financial year. We spoke…
Transcript, E&OE Topics: Australian citizen detained in China; Australia-China relationship, state and territory borders. 01 September 2020 Fran Kelly: Australia’s fractured relationship with China has just got worse. Australian journalist, Cheng Lei, has been arrested in China and could be detained for up to six months without access to legal aid. Beijing has fired another…
Transcript, E&OE Topics: Australian citizen detained in China; Investigations into Australian wine; State borders. 01 September 2020 Karl Stefanovic: More now on those growing concerns for Australian television journalist, Cheng Lei, detained in China. Minister for Tourism and Trade, Simon Birmingham, joins us now from Canberra. Simon, thank you for your time today. She’s not…
Transcript, E&OE Topics: Cheng Lei; Australia-China relationship, National Cabinet discussion on borders. 01 September 2020 Michael Rowland: And trade tensions have intensified with China following news of a second investigation into Australian wine exports. It comes on the same day Australia woman Cheng Lei — as we have just mentioned, a journalist working in China…
Transcript, E&OE Topics: Travel bubbles; State borders Canberra, Australia 29 August 2020 Journalist: How likely is it that we’re going to develop a travel bubble with New Zealand or anyone else? Simon Birmingham: A number of countries in addition to New Zealand have expressed interest in trying to find safe pathways to open up to…